Translation of abstract (English)

The work wants to reflect the practice of a popular and nevertheless difficult festival of Thanksgiving celebration and to stimulate to discover this festival again. The object of this work is finding the specific christian and theological position of the harvest-thanks, in which the question about the "for what" of thanks with the undoubtedly important "that" of thanks is supposed to be brought into the conversation with the sometimes doubtful "how" to thank into the conversation, to emphasize the relevance of a specific Christian harvest-thanks for the practice of Divine service and the life reality of its visitors. So the Thanksgiving Day is supposed to be raised as a „grammar of thanking“ that wants to help the parish to discover an old festival in a new way. This work consists of four parts. In a first "The celebration of Thanksgiving“ it is analyzed how harvest thanks are celebrated today in the parishes. Also the special divine service form of family-divine-service is considered. Important for understanding Thanksgiving is a look onto origin and history of the harvest-thanks, the liturgical texts and songs as also the customs for the festival. Also the north-American Thanksgiving tradition and their importance for the celebration of the Harvest-thanks are considered. A second part "Preaching Thanksgiving" analyzes meditations and sermons to the Thanksgiving Day from the young past and shows aspects of a sermon at the Thanksgiving Day today. A third part, „The Foundation of Thanksgiving“ asks for the biblical basis of Thanksgiving, looks onto the biblical terms of „Harvest“ and „Thanks“ and reflects these biblical terms. The last part „Celebrating Thanksgiving“ draws the consequences of these results for a celebration of Thanksgiving today. The confession and the praise of the triune God who acts at the human being at body and soul are the theological place of Thanksgiving. Not an ethic of division or sharing the property, but a variety of thanks are the center of Thanksgiving. Therefore it is importont to lead the parish into a "grammar of thanks", that helps to learn and practice forms of thanks, so that the parish or the single visitor is able to express their own thank, with „hearts, mouth and hands“. Forms of the thanks are learned at the Thanksgiving Day, they can pass on too, about the celebration of a punctual harvest-thanks in October into the everyday life of the individual for some comprehensive life-thanks.